Low, Slow And Teddy'd Mk2 Golf

[MkIIJay]

Right, todays plan was to sit and play FIFA all day. Nothing more. Proper relaxation day! Didn't happen...









The centres are Compomotive Pentas

[Chasen88]

Those are nice are those ronal pentas ?

[MkIIJay]

Well, after a night from hell of throwing up and no sleep, I called in sick this morning. A nice surprise has me feeling a little bit better...

[MkIIJay]

Damn, it's been a while since I updated this!

Well, I finally decided that it was time for a change. I loved my Image splits but I thought they were just too small. I just couldn't get the arch down to what I felt was a decent level of arch gap. They were sold a couple of months ago and the Golf hasn't been touched since. It literally has not moved in 3 months or so. The blue CL that hadn't moved in 6 months however is now the daily runner. It's had a new starter motor and hasn't missed a beat since.

Roll on to this week. Monday delivered a surprise cheque. A nice bank remittance meant I was back in the game for wheels. After days of looking, I came across these...





They're 15x8 and 15x8.5 with a slightly staggered ET. Hopefully, that'll solve the arch gap issue. They're also one off custom builds.

[MkIIJay]

Subbed for the teddy wheels, then you gone and changed them Sick build regardless though!

Posting this just for you...

As they stand at the minute:

[Tosh_Daniel]

Subbed for the teddy wheels, then you gone and changed them Sick build regardless though!

[MkIIJay]

Evening guys! It's been a while since I last posted.

It has been a bit... eventful since my last update. I sold my Westy front and replaced it with my single 5 slat grille. I've also added camber all round. Unfortunately, due to running so low, I managed this to tear my fuel line out...

The first time:



The second time:



And a fancy photo just for the hell of it:

[surfpig]

fuck i dig your car man,

a shit tonne of inspiration for my mk2 build here in australia!

[MkIIJay]

Car looks awesome. where abouts are you in the UK mate?

I'm in Lincoln mate

[Miles.]

Car looks awesome. where abouts are you in the UK mate?

[MkIIJay]

Afternoon! Figured it was time for an update.

A few of you may have seen a thread from me last week. Long story short, I had TEN split rim bolts fail at the same time. It lost all air instantly but luckily, didn't damage the actual wheel itself.





We have since learnt that the bolts were torqued up to THREE times what they should have been. Anyone, spoke to Image Wheels for the correct details and rebuilt the wheel.

Took it out for a couple of photos, i'll just show the one for now...



I'm attending a local meet tonight so hopefully we'll see a few new photos tomorrow!

[renngolf]

Now, there was absolutely NO sealant between the inner dish and the centre, could that cause it?

Nope. Looks like they were torqued incorrectly from image.

[MkIIJay]

Another update and it's been an up and down day. I started by lowering the rear. Sorry to repost the same photo but before:



After:



I then decided to take it for a drive. Bad idea. My front right tyre suddenly lost all air forcing me over into oncoming traffic. Luckily, no accidents but it would appear that TEN bolts had snapped in my split rim.





No messing around, straight home and the wheel was split.



Now, there was absolutely NO sealant between the inner dish and the centre, could that cause it?

[doninphi]

Prefer it splitter less tbh...

[MkIIJay]

Another week, another update.

Yesterday I finally got around to cambering the rear wheels and then today we camber the front which in turn, allowed me to lower the car all around a bit more. The rear has not yet been lowered (tomorrows job) but the front has.





I've had to remove my splitter as it was curled under the car. I'm now on the look out for a small CL splitter. I'll post a few photos tomorrow once I get the back down more